Redlagged

Class player. Multiskilled and smart. Tougher than he looks. Better on a wing and - perhaps - an odd run on the ball (see him breaking away from the middle).

Ludicrous. The author is an [censored] - and semi-literate.

I always liked 11. Looks good on the back. At Melbourne, has had a series of top players (Paul Johnson excluded) going back to Tony Anderson in the 1960s.

What a surprise.

Spot on. Good deal for Weidemann.

They never stopped complaining about Weidemann - until he apparently became a potentially champion ruckman (all of a sudden).

They probably did.

Seek help.

Who or what the hell is IG?

Take a cold shower.

Good.

They can't be serious.

'More than happy'? You're easily pleased. Wouldn't have got the double chance if it wasn't for Hunt in those final minutes v Carlton.

'Dimwit' would have done the trick.

Spot on. Also - BB is being crucified by the game plan that doesn't suit him ... as has been pointed out elsewhere in this thread.

I heard Caroline Wilson on the radio saying that "everyone is knows" the identity of the whistleblowing Hawthorn assistant coach. I don't.

No good belittling Geelong or whingeing about the draw. G haven't lost since May and were spectacular on Saturday. They also behaved and performed in a level-headed and business-like manner throughout the year...unlike us. Far too much self-love and self- satisfaction in the Melbourne cohort. And lack of both on and off field discipline. The May/Melksham incident was atrocious. Add in timid team selection and rigid, unimaginative tactics and its not hard to see why we fell short. Did well to finish second, but exposed in the finals.

Less talk, more action.

Hopefully to travel somewhere else than Australia.

'Needless to say, Clarkson and Fagan are finished.' I think you may be right. This is a shocker.

Yze would be a significant loss. The smartest of all our coaches, including the head coach.

Agree. She showed guts and gumption. In short supply in my opinion, in a country too timid to have its own head of state. It is quite pathetic.

Chandler - poorly treated. Howes - could prove the best of them all.

That statistic - 3 wins of 9 at the MCG - is shocking. Just shocking. I can't understand why Goodwin hasn't been confronted with it. The press has gone very easy on his palpable failures in the second half of the season. I find his pressers soul-destroying. Banal. Boring. Bit like the way the team has been playing.

Hard to argue with this, isn't it? Premiers then backing up to finish second, in such a competitive environment. Not too bad.